ClearTech is a specialist engineering consultancy dedicated to the design, detailing and performance of industrial & commercial concrete structures and floor slabs.
With over 30 years industry experience, both in Ireland and Internationally, we provide expert guidance to Funders, Developers, Engineers, Contractors and End-Users, offering unparalleled insight and innovative solutions. By collaborating closely with clients, we help refine the design approach to optimize warehouse floor design, ensuring efficiency, durability, and long-term value.
ClearTech's scope on this project - a Digester Tank for Dairygold in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork - was to design both the ground slab and tank walls using post tensioning.
The original slab was designed as a 350mm thick RC slab, redesigned to a 160mm thick PT slab on the ground - the first time ever in Ireland - and two of the biggest overall pour sizes ever completed in Ireland without expansion joints : 2500m2 /pour.
The final tank size is 78m diameter and 10m high walls (50million liters). Walls were cast in 4 quarters 10m high x 62.5m long. Walls were 400mm thick PT.
The construction of this warehouse and storage facility was part of a Eur10m extension of the East Jetty at Foynes Port in County Limerick which marked phase 1 of the Eur50m strategy to regenerate the port. ClearTech
designed a post-tensioned flat slab solution
with an approximate PT area of 3,852sqm.
Maurice Killeen, PJ Hegarty Contracts Manager
Dairygold Digester Tank, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.
"We have recently engaged ClearTech Solutions on a design and build civil engineering project. From the economic design solution through to the fast track construction phase, Feargal's direct input contributed significantly to a positive experience and a successful conclusion to the project."